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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gregory call the dungeon?
(a) The treacherous dark heart of the world.
(b) The last place on earth.
(c) The darkest place in the universe.
(d) The most dangerous place in the world.

2. What does Despereaux begin by reciting?
(a) If I were a rich mouse.................
(b) There once was a mouse named Despereaux....
(c) Once upon a time....
(d) While the cat is away.......

3. Who is the first to find Despereaux in the dungeon?
(a) Geoffrey.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Furlough.

4. How much thread does the threadmaster use?
(a) Enough to wrap around his waist twice.
(b) Just enough for the neck.
(c) Just enough to wrap around his finger twice.
(d) Enough to use as a rope if twined together.

5. What does Despereaux have an unusual interest in?
(a) Cats.
(b) Outdoors.
(c) Card games.
(d) Humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Despereaux do instead of searching for food like the rest?

2. Why does Antoinette want no more babies?

3. Why does the jailer have a rope around his ankle?

4. What happens when he realizes this truth?

5. Why is Gregory in the dungeon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the outcome of Chiaroscuro's trip into the light?

2. What fascination does Roscuro develop even though he is told it is not proper?

3. Why does the jailer tell Despereaux that he definitely does not want to be let go in this place?

4. What is ironic about the name that Roscuro is given when he is born?

5. What is the vote taken by the Mouse Council and what are the results?

6. Why was the killing of rats unsuccessful, and what did the King do?

7. What does the King do after his beloved Queen dies?

8. What is the crime that led to the new prisoner being brought down to the dungeon?

9. What is the job of the threadmaster?

10. What is the first thing that Despereaux is aware of after he is pushed down the dungeon steps by Furlough and the second guard?

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